On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Austrian manufacturer Constantia Flexibles has unveiled a PE film made from 80% recycled content, which uses production waste from its EcoLam laminates.
There is no ‘perfect’ solution when it comes to sustainability, but in this exclusive article Mondi Group looks at some of the strategies the industry could be employing to help turn the tide of climate change.
In this Innovation Spotlight, SP GROUP, a Spanish company specialising in the manufacture of flexible and rigid films for thermoforming, introduces its new PP HB ECO material, which it says represents a revolution in the packaging sector.
A stand-up pouch developed by the cleaning products manufacturer Werner & Mertz in cooperation with Mondi has become the first flexible pack in the world to achieve Gold in all categories of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Scorecard.
Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has launched kpNext – a recyclable PET blister film that the company says is the only PET recyclable blister that is “completely compatible” on pharmaceutical manufacturing form, fill ano seal equipment.
Nicola Bucchioni, Atlantic team leader at UBE Group’s engineering plastics business unit, presents an overview of flexible packaging trends through the ages, and what the future holds for the category.
TOMRA and Gualapack have been working together to prove the recyclability of Gualapack’s monomaterial PP spouted pouch through all stages of treatment of a DKR rigid PP waste stream.
In the latest of our Sustainability Awards finalists interview series, we take a closer look at the Brookfarm Roll ‘n’ Recycle Pouch from Australian company O F Packaging – a 100% kerbside recyclable high-barrier stand-up pouch that has been nominate
